Latest articles and news by Liberty Victoria
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Press ReleasePost date: June 10, 2016Liberty Victoria is concerned that the Attorney-General has elected to introduce a standard sentence scheme, contrary to the clear advice of the Sentencing Advisory Council’s report in response to the Terms of Reference provided in November 2015, Sentencing Guidance in Victoria. Liberty Victoria... Read more
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Liberty Victoria UpdatesPost date: June 9, 2016
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Liberty Victoria UpdatesPost date: June 9, 2016
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 9, 2016
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 9, 2016
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 9, 2016
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 9, 2016
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Press ReleasePost date: June 3, 2016Whatever happened to the idea of freedom of speech, of freedom to debate diverse political and ideological views? These should be the very hallmarks of a just and democratic society like Australia’s. Since that is so, why has Roz Ward been suspended from her job at La Trobe University for doing... Read more
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Press ReleasePost date: May 25, 2016When Gold Logie winner Waleed Aly receives Liberty Victoria’s Voltaire award in July he will share the spotlight with a blogger and free speech advocate who is in a cell in Saudi Arabia. Raif Badawi is serving a 10 year sentence for providing an online platform for political dissent. He will... Read more
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Press ReleasePost date: April 29, 2016Fresh from his nomination for a Logie in next month’s awards, the commentator, academic, lawyer, presenter and rock musician Waleed Aly has been named as an Australian leader in free speech. He will receive the Voltaire Award from the human rights group Liberty Victoria, given annually to the... Read more